Beechcraft - Musketeer 23, 1963

Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 hp, serial L-11140-39A. Not the airframe's original engine: the original ran to TBO and was replaced in October 1994 by a factory-overhauled unit (FAA Export Certificate of Airworthiness E309709, "Newly Overhauled", 1,762 h TSN at installation). All four cylinders overhauled in December 2004 and test-flown to Lycoming
SI 1427A. Currently on the Lycoming SI 1009 extension programme, most recent extension inspection April 2026.

Five consecutive oil analyses, all clean the most recent (September 2026) returned the lowest iron rate of the series. Reports available.

Roughly 88 h to the 2,000 h TBO, and the price reflects that.

Propeller: Sensenich 74DM6-0-60, fixed pitch, new in 1992, 2,087 h since new.

Bendix/King KX 155 COM1 / NAV1 (25 kHz)
Trig COM2, 8.33 kHz capable (installed 2017)
Garmin GTX 328 Mode S transponder
Garmin GMA 340 audio panel
Garmin aera 660 VFR GPS / moving map, in AirGizmos panel dock
Kannad 406 AF-Compact ELT with RC200 remote

Please note: only COM2 transmits on 8.33 kHz. COM1 (KX 155) is 25 kHz and is placarded receive-only in 8.33 kHz airspace. Fine for VFR as flown.

Four seats (pilot 3). Baggage compartment, clean and dry.
Rosen sun visors. Brackett induction air filter.
Cleveland wheels and brakes.

White with blue and red stripes. Paint still glossy, no cracking, chalking or blistering, and does not need redoing. Upper fuselage and wing upper surfaces were refinished in 2002 after hail damage (see Other remarks).

The aircraft has been parked outside rather than hangared in recent years.

Tan, complete and original in appearance, showing its age but without tears. Carpet clean, headliner free of stains and sag, the Musketeer skylight clear. Rosen sun visors fitted. Step tread worn but complete.

The airframe interior was photographed throughout in October 2026 the original 1963 Alclad mill stampings are still legible in the tailcone and the primer is intact. Nothing has been opened up beyond that; the interior shots are in the gallery, so you can judge for yourself.

Rosen Sunvisor System FAA STC SA02063SE.
Cleveland wheel and brake conversion, kit 199-124 FAA STC SA710GL.
Trig COM2 (8.33 kHz) installed September 2017.

100 h / annual inspection carried out 30 September 2026 by a Swiss CAO under Part-ML.

Airworthiness Review Certificate EWE20250115c, first extension issued 06.01.2026, valid to
4 February 2027. The second extension block is unused, so a further year to February 2028
is available under ML.A.901(c).

Maintained under a Part-ML aircraft maintenance programme with a Swiss CAO. The engine runs
on the Lycoming SI 1009 extension programme; the most recent extension inspection was in
April 2026. Weighed 23 February 2022.

A 1963 Musketeer 23 that has been flown, maintained and documented without a gap for
sixty-three years. It is airworthy, in regular use, and had its 100 h / annual inspection on 30 September 2026. It is also honest about what it is: the engine is close to TBO, and the asking price reflects that.

IN USE
Flying regularly about 100 h in 2025 and 77 h in the first nine months of 2026. Five
consecutive oil analyses, all clean; the most recent (September 2026) returned the lowest
iron rate of the series. Reports available.

DAMAGE HISTORY (per aircraft records)
The logbooks record five occurrences between 1968 and 2020. Each was repaired, inspected and released to service by a licensed maintenance organisation, and the paperwork for each is in the books:

1968 right wing leading-edge strike against a flagpole during a low pass. The aircraft
completed a circuit and landed normally; nobody was injured. Swiss EFUK final report
available on request.

2002 hail damage. Upper flap and aileron skins, windshield and both forward side windows
replaced; aircraft repainted and re-weighed.

2012 hard landing. Landing gear and wing structure inspected to the Beech 23 Maintenance
Manual Hard Landing Check.

2013 storm damage while parked at Zell am See. Rudder and vertical fin repaired and
refitted.

2020 hard landing. Right wing skin replaced and the full post-hard-landing structural
inspection completed.

To our knowledge there has been no further damage. All of the above predates the current
ownership and is stated per the aircraft records.

RECORDS
This is the strong point of the aircraft. Complete and continuous logbooks since new (1963) airframe, engine and propeller together with the full airworthiness file, weighing reports from 1963 and 2022, the equipment list and the STCs. All records are available for inspection, and we are happy to send them ahead of a viewing.

PLEASE NOTE
Noise certificate Class C not certified for basic training or glider towing.

With full fuel (52 USG usable) the useful payload is about 220 kg, so realistically a two-to three-person aeroplane rather than a four-seater.

From 1 January 2027 the aircraft is based at Birrfeld (LSZF). The parking space there is not transferable to a buyer.

Priced to reflect the runout engine the airframe, the records and the current ARC are the value here. The buyer this suits is someone with an engine or an overhaul in mind, or a group willing to do one, who wants a complete and documented airframe to put it on.

Further photographs on request. Viewing and pre-buy inspection welcome.